As California faces severe water shortages and farmers let their groves go fallow, a study finds that marijuana growers are sucking streams dry.
News on Wednesday that California’s snowpack has hit a record low of just 6 percent of normal means next-to-no spring runoff will flow into streams and reservoirs that supply water to the cities and farmers who feed much of the nation.
But before you light up a (legal) marijuana cigarette to take your mind off impending doom, consider this: With every puff you take, you could be making the epic drought even worse.
A new study finds that pot growers in the Northern California weed belt are diverting 100 percent of the water in some streams to irrigate their cash crops.
“Last summer, we went out and picked a handful of streams in the study area, … [Continue reading...]

Here are the details:
INVITATION
Date: Friday, July 13, 2012
Time: 6:30PM to very late
Where: Pete Seeger Pot Luck and Circle of Song at the Christopher Street Coffee House at St. John's Church, 83 Christopher Street between 7th Ave. and Bleecker St.
http://www.ChristopherStreetCoffeeHouse.org
What to bring: Our Pot Luck is to Celebrate Sid, so please bring whatever you feel will be enjoyed. Food, Drinks and Merriment all will be good, remember it is dinner time!
Entertainment will occur all night long. There is a Steinway Up-right Piano. It is a friends and family affair. Also the room holds 80-100 people so it is intimate.
No mikes, no lights or as David Ippolito would say JUST US!
We hope Sid will have some books and CD's to sell there. … [Continue reading...]